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General Bibliography GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Ia. The standard editions of the text of Ovid cited throughout this book are, except where noted, as follows. Editors' names are cited in the notes without date: Amatory works KENNEY, EJ. (ed.) (1994; with corrections, 1995). P. Ovidi Nasonis Amores, Medicamina Faciei Femineae, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amaris. 2d ed. Oxford. MUNARI, F. (ed.) (1964). P. Ovidi Nasonis Amores. 4th ed. Florence. SHOWERMAN, G. (ed., trans.) (1914; 1977). Ovid, Heroides and Amores. 2d rev. ed. G.P. GooLD. Cambridge, Mass. and London. Heroides DoRRIE, H. (ed.) (1971). Ovid. Epistulile Heroidum. Berlin and New York. SHOWERMAN, G. (ed., trans.) (1914; 1977). Ovid, Heroides and Amores. 2d rev. ed. G.P. GooLD. Cambridge, Mass. Fasti ALToN, E.H., D.E.W. WoRMELL, and E. CouRTNEY (eds.) (1978). P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri Sex. Leipzig. FRAZER, J.G. (ed., trans.) (1931; 1989). Ovid, Fasti. 2d rev. ed. G.P. GooLD. Cambridge, Mass. and London. Metamorphoses ANDERSON, W.S. (ed.) (1993). P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoses. 6th ed. Stuttgart. HAUPT, M., R. EHWALD, 0. KoRN, and HJ. MOLLER (eds.) (1966). P. Ovidius Nasa: Metamorphosen. Corrected and with bibliographi­ cal supplement by M. VON ALBRECHT. 2 vols. I: Books I-VII, lOth ed.; II: Books VIII-XV, 5th ed. Zurich and Dublin. MAGNUS, H. (ed.) ( 1914). P. Ovidi Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri xv. Lactanti Plilcidi qui dicitur Narrationes Fabulilrum Ovidianarum. Berlin. MILLER, FJ. (ed., trans.) (1916; 1977 and 1984). Ovid, Metamorphoses. 2 vols. 2d rev. ed. G.P. GooLD. Cambridge, Mass. and London. Exile poetry etc. OWEN, S.G. (ed.) (1922). P. Ovidi Nasonis Tristium Libri Qyinque, Ibis, Ex Ponto Libri Q.uattuor, Halieutica, Fragmenta. Oxford. WHEELER, A.L. (ed., trans.) (1924; 1988). Ovid, Tristia and Ex Ponto. 2d rev. ed. G.P. GooLD. Cambridge, Mass. and London. Tristia HALL, J.B. (ed.) (1995). P. Ovidi Nasonis Tristia. Stuttgart and Leipzig. LucK, G. (ed.) ( 1967-77). P. Ovidius Naso. T ristia. Heidelberg. Epistulile ex Ponto RICHMOND, J.A. (ed.) (1990). P. Ovidi Nasonis Ex Ponto libri quattuor. Leipzig. Ibis LA PENNA, A. (ed.) (195 7). Publi Ovidi Nasonis Ibis. Florence. 1b. Several standard commentaries cited repeatedly throughout this volume are abbreviated as follows: Bomer, F Bomer, F. (ed.) (1957-58). P. Ovidius Nasa. Die Fasten. 2 vols. Heidelberg. Bomer, Met. Bomer, F. (ed.) (1969, 1976a, 1976b, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1986). P. Ovidius Nasa Metamorphosen. 7 vols. Heidelberg. McKeown McKeown,J.C. (ed.) (1987, 1989, 1998, -). Ovid: Amores. Text, Pro­ legomena and Commentary. 4 vols. liverpool- Wolfeboro, N.H. -Leeds. Thomas, G. Thomas, R.F. (ed.) (1988). Vergil's Georgics. 2 vols. Cambridge. 486 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 2. Collections and editions of ancient texts and reference works such as lexica are referred to where appropriate by standard acronyms or other abbreviations, as found in L'Anruie Philologique, the Oiford Latin Dictionary, and the Oiford Classical Dictionary (3d ed.). Among the most frequently used are: CA Powell, J.U. (ed.). Collectanea Alexandrina. Oxford, 1925. GIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Berlin, 1863-. CIA Lowe, E.A. (ed.). Codices Latini Antiquiores: A Palaeographical Guide to Latin Manuscripts Prior to the Ninth Century. II parts and supplement. Oxford, 1934-81. Courtney Courtney, E. (ed.). The Fragmentary Latin Poets. Oxford, 1993. CSEL Multiple editors. Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum. Multiple vols. Vienna etc. 1866-. GLK Keil, H. (ed.). Grammatici Latini. 8 vols. Leipzig, 1857-70. [Repr. Hildesheim, 1961.] HE Gow, A.S.F. and D.L. Page (eds.). The Greek Anthology. Hellenistic Epigrams. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1965. H-S Hofmann, J.B. and A. Szantyr. Lateinische Syntax und Stilistik. Munich, 1965. LIMC Lexicon lconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. Multiple vols. Zurich, 1981-97. N-W Neue, F. and C. Wagener. Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache. 3rd ed. 4 vols. Leipzig and Berlin, 1892-1905. OLD Glare, P.G.W. (ed.). Oiford Latin Dictionary. Oxford, 1982. Pf. Pfeiffer, R. (ed.). Callimachus. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1949 and 1953. PL Migne, J.P. (ed.). Patrologiae Cursus Completus, series Latina. Paris, 1844-65. PIAC Duemmler, E. (ed.). Poetae Latini Aevi Carolini. Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Poetarum Latinorum Medii Aevi. 4 vo1s. Munich, 1978. [Cf. in section 4 of the General Bibliography below Duemmler and Traube (1881-96), of which PIAC is a partial reissue.] Servius Thilo, G. and H. Hagen (eds.). Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii Carmina Comentarii. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1881-1902. SH Uoyd:Jones, H. and P J. Parsons (eds.). Supplementum Hellenisticum. Berlin and New York, 1983. TLL Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Munich, 1900-. 3. In the General Bibliography, individual entries from the following works, con­ taining articles or chapters by multiple authors, are referred to in abbreviated form by the name(s) of editor(s) or short tide and page numbers: Atti Istituto di Studi Romani (1959). Atti del Corwegno Internaz;ionale Ovidiano Sulmona Maggio 1958. 2 vols. Rome. von Albrecht and Zinn Albrecht, M. von and Zinn, E. (eds.) (1968). Ovid. Wege der Forschung 92. Darmstadt. Binns Binns, J.W. (ed.) (1973). Ovid. London and Boston. CHCL Easterling, P.E. and EJ. Kenney (eds.) (1982). The Cambridge History qf Classical Literature. Vol. II: Latin Literature. Cambridge. Gallo and Nicastri Gallo, I. and L. Nicastri (eds.) (1991). Cultura poesia ideolo­ gia nell'opera di Ovidio. Naples. Godman and Murray Godman, P. and 0. Murray (eds.) (1990). Latin Poetry and the Classical Tradition: Essays in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Oxford. Graf Graf, F. (ed.) (1993). Mythos in Mythenloser Gesellschafi: Das Paradigma Roms. Colloquium Rauricum 3. Stuttgart and Leipzig. .
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